PMC Wind Sand & Stars

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780141183190
  • 25 mei 2000
  • 144 pagina's
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In 1926, de Saint-Exupery began flying for the airline Latecoere - later known as Aeropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. This autobiographical narrative combines encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures. It includes the story of his crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival.



Both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation, Antoine de Saint Exupéry's Wind, Sand and Stars is the lyrical autobiography of an aviation pioneer, from the author of The Little Prince. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated from the French with an introduction by William Rees.

In 1926 de Saint-Exupéry began flying for the pioneering airline Latécoère - later known as Aéropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Wind, Sand and Stars is drawn from this experience. Interweaving encounters with nomadic Arabs and other adventures into a richly textured autobiographical narrative, it has its climax in the extraordinary story of Saint-Exupéry's crash in the Libyan Desert in 1936, and his miraculous survival. 'Self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,' writes Saint-Exupéry. This book explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limits.

Writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-44), was born in Lyon, France. His first two books, Southern Mail and Night Flight, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying. Later works, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Flight to Arras, stress his humanistic philosophy. Saint-Exupéry's popular children's book The Little Prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaning. Saint-Exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in World War II.

If you enjoyed Wind, Sand and Stars, you might like Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'A Conrad of the air ... Like Conrad, Saint-Exupéry is a poet of action'
André Maurois

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Taal
en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
25 mei 2000
Aantal pagina's
144
Illustraties
Nee

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Tweede Auteur
W. Rees
Co Auteur
W. Rees
Hoofdredacteur
William Rees
Hoofduitgeverij
Penguin Classics

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Eerste Vertaler
William Rees

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Editie
New ed
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
128 mm
Product hoogte
8 mm
Product lengte
198 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
127 mm
Verpakking hoogte
12 mm
Verpakking lengte
196 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
248 g

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